This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … participating households, that is, the poverty reducing-effects were observed and statistically significant on a number of …

Purpose – The purposes of this paper are to examine the actual conditions of the problems of poverty in rural areas in … Inner Mongolia, to clarify the problems involved in the measure to fight poverty through promotion of dairy farming and to … propose policies for future measures to fight poverty. Design/methodology/approach – Both quantitative and qualitative …

of average wages. During the period of interest, the rates of poverty and extreme poverty in the region respectively fell … by 11 and 6 percentage points (p.p.). It is highly pertinent, in this context, to study the dynamics of poverty in the … region and to analyze the flows into and out of poverty that accompanied this significant reduction in poverty. The main …

In this article, we analyze the influence of being disabled on poverty dynamics. We present results adjusting the … modified OECD equivalence scale by the number of adults with severe disabilities in the household and calculate poverty rates … the probability of being poor and separate the effects of being disabled on poverty that are short and long-term. The …

impact of farmer field school participation on the pre-specified development objectives, namely poverty alleviation and food …, but we find no effect on the poverty indicators. We investigate possible mechanisms for this and conclude that both …

This study examines the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and poverty with a focus on New Rice … there is a scope for reducing poverty through the accelerated adoption of NERICA varieties by farmers. …

inequality and to design effective intervention policies. The purpose of this paper is to focus on poverty reduction and welfare … implication of the empirical findings suggests that Fiji is unlikely to achieve its Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty …